FRANKEN, Al, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Manhattan, N.Y., May 21, 1951;
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1973; screenwriter; comedian;
author; radio talk show host; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate
in 2008 for the term beginning January 3, 2009, but the election was contested;
following a June 30, 2009, decision in his favor by the Minnesota state supreme
court, he took the oath of office and began service on July 7, 2009; reelected
in 2014 for the term ending January 3, 2021.